X problems

[Karl F. Larsen]

Colin Law wrote:
> 2009/8/10 Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>:
>   
>>        I mounted a pci Nvidia card several months ago in my computer and it
>> was working fine to now. I decided to anchor the card front to the place
>> it should go. Hard to get to because the screw hole is hidden by the
>> power supply.
>>
>>        I unplugged the card and took screws off the back side and was able to
>> put the screw in with the card out of the socket, and then put the card
>> into the socket. It appears to be working but my system can not get the
>> proper image size now.
>>
>>        If I come up normal I get a 800x600 display which is not right of
>> course. I did check the system-Admin-Hardware Drivers and the Nvidia
>> driver was off. I clicked it to on and had to reboot. Checked and it was
>> off again. Did this dance many times. It appears there is a problem in
>> this area.
>>
>>        If I come up in the broken version of this Hardy and wait for the
>> ability to check xsetup I do so but it fixes nothing.
>>
>>
>>        Any ideas? I do get a good image so I think the Nvidia pci card is
>> working. But I can't get the right image size.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>     
>
> When you say it is not the right size are you talking about the
> resolution or the physical size on the screen?  If the latter I
> presume that you have tried a different monitor.
>
> Colin
>
>   
no